Mrs Wynne-Gurr lined them up and then posted them around the places she had assigned them. Chantale went dutifully to Ward J; although what she was supposed to do there, and why Seymour had asked for her to go there, she did not know. She had seen him in the distance but he had not spoken to her. The only person who had spoken to her was the ward sister, who indicated a place for her to sit down and said, not exactly welcomingly: ‘You’re here to observe, I gather. Well, at the moment we’re doing the bed pans so observe away as much as you like.’ The nurses were cool and Chantale had the impression that she was being deliberately made to feel uncomfortable. She guessed that she was catching some of the resentment they felt for Mrs Wynne-Gurr. She settled down in her corner and wished she had brought a book. Mrs Wynne-Gurr appeared after about half an hour to see that things were proceeding according to plan and handed her a printed sheet of instructions. ‘Just put a tick every ten minutes,’ she said.
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